TOPODRONE Launches AQUAMAPPER Airborne Bathymetric Surveying Solution by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby At global mapping show INTERGEO this week, LiDAR equipment company TOPODRONE has launched AQUAMAPPER, a UAV-based solution for bathymetric surveying and marine construction. Bathymetric surveying is the underwater equivalent of topographic surveying, mapping the floor of …
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Latvian mobile innovator, LMT, will attempt to pilot a drone located in Latvia from a 3500+ kilometers distance during the Comp4Drones final demonstration in Spain on October 19, 2022. This demonstration will be unique in the fact that a mobile network will be used as a communication channel for cross-country …
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Kaman Air Vehicles, a division of Kaman Corporation (NYSE:KAMN) announced on October 10th that they have been selected to build a logistics UAS prototype for the United States Marine Corps. Kaman will build a funded military version of its KARGO UAV, a purpose-built autonomous medium-lift logistics vehicle. KARGO UAV carries …
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Don’t miss AURA Network Systems on Dawn of Drones, Wednesday October 19 at 11:00 am EST. Stream below: This is the third week of “Industry Enablers” month, sponsored by TruWeather Solutions, featuring Grand Sky, and presented by DroneLife. Dial in as Dawn and Bill Tolpegin, AURA CEO, discuss how AURA’s …
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Quantum-Systems Gains New Investors in Funding Round by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) specialist Quantum-Systems has announced the closing of a financing round with new investors Peter Thiel, Project A, and Sanno Capital. The round also saw participation from existing investor Bayern Kapital. With its …
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Members of the Aqua Lab from the Society for the Study of Robotics — an official Tokyo Tech student club — have finished third at the 8th Underwater Robotics Festival held in Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture on August 27 and 28, 2022. Team Tokyo Tech competed in the Autonomous Underwater …
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INTERGEO – one of the largest GIS and mapping shows in the world – is back and in person this week, in Essen Germany. DRONELIFE is on the floor at INTERGEO and the INTERAERIAL Solutions section of the show, dedicated to the drone technology powering mapping applications around the globe. …
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ResilienX, Inc. announced today that they have been awarded Phase IIE and Phase III contracts by NASA to advance cutting-edge research addressing the impact of winds on uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) operations in urban environments. The research will be centered around NASA’s Langley Research Center (LaRC) and the Hampton, VA …
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Soaring Eagle Technologies Granted New BVLOS Waiver for Commercial Inspection Missions by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) drone data collection company Soaring Eagle Technologies has received one of the first BVLOS Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) waivers authorizing the deployment of small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS) …
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) successfully performed the first flight tests of the next-generation flight computer for the MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). The tests took place at GA-ASI’s El Mirage Flight Test Facility in El Mirage, Calif., as part of the U.S. Army-funded …
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